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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 142323, 9 pages
Lower-Limb Joint Coordination Pattern in Obese Subjects
1Department of Occupational Medicine, INAIL, Via Fontana Candida 1, Monte Porzio Catone, 00040 Rome, Italy
2Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Physiopathology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Ple Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
3Villa delle Querce Clinical Rehabilitation Institute, Unit of Metabolic and Nutritional Rehabilitation, Via delle Vigne 19, Nemi, 00040 Rome, Italy
4Fondazione Don Gnocchi, 20148 Milan, Italy
5Rehabilitation Centre, Policlinico Italia, Piazza del Campidano 6, 00162 Rome, Italy
6Department of Medical and Surgical Science and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Faggiana 34, 40100 Latina, Italy
Received 13 August 2012; Accepted 29 October 2012
Academic Editor: Giuseppe Spinella
Copyright © 2013 Alberto Ranavolo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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